Novocaine

You can take back all your secretsWe'll divide up all the liesKeep all the pictures in their framesJust cut me out, yeah, I'll be fineSell the neighbors all my feelingsGo on give away my prideIt's hard to laugh and cry, live and die every night

Keep your rolodex of friendsAnd all the remnants can be mindI guess there'll be no happy endingsWhen "once upon" is doing timeThere's a different kind of meaning nowTo livin' on a prayerSome don't seem to noticeAnd the rest don't seem to care

I tell myself I (feel no pain)But I'm feeling the pain (walk away)Can't walk awayI'm hanging on the ropes of hopeIt's getting hard to cope you knowWhen you're the needle running through my veinsI've changed my name to novocaine

You put my favorite belongings in a box in the garage (let's get this straight)You burned my favorite sweats from high school Tried to sell my muscle car (that's not OK)You're mother's gonna visit for a couple months this yearThey say you do the crime, you do the timeIt's all so clear

I tell my self I (feel no pain)But I'm feeling the paint (walk away)Can't walk awayI'm hanging on the ropes of hopeIt's getting hard to cope you knowWhen you're the needle that's running through my veinsI've changed my name to novacaine (feel no pain)Novacaine

Well things ain't what they used to beIt's a sleepless, self-help centuryI'm up to here with Dr. Phil and the modern man in me…